I found a blacklight and to my surprise all the red on the figure fluoresces- though the black shading does affect the intensity of the color under the light.
Was also surprised to find that the powder blue belly of the beast, and highlights on this head, muzzle, etc don't fluoresce at all.
Unfortunately, under UV light those bright red highlights stand out even more, in such a amateurish, ham fisted way.
If I ever do decide to repaint it, I'd make those bright red highlights the local color of the whole figure before some light shading.
I'd also use a white/blue fluorescent mixto repaint the powder blue areas on the animal.
Any repainting would be for the express purpose of making it more of a UV specific showpiece.
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